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    By Heidi

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    To help my students get over the idea that a 5 paragraph essay is a huge task I break it down for them.
    While reading our 1st core literature book they write one solid paragraph.
    1. A breif over view of the book - intro
    2. About the main character
    3. About the setting
    4. About one problem
    5. Their opinion of the book - conclusion

    I have them write one a week and keep them. Then at the end I pass them all back and tell them they have already written their first 5 paragraph essay. You should see how excited they are! They want to write more after this.
    Hope this helps.
    I have some check lists and rubrics I use and students use to make editing and correcting writing easier. Feel free to email me if you are interested.
    Heidi



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